– Battery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 44, 57
– Clean meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 42
– Clock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 19, 31
– Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
– Empty memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
– Insert test strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 26, 56
– Remove test strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
T
Temperature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 68
Test strip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
– Code number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11, 14
– Colour of unused confirmation dot . . . . . . 17, 23, 27
– Discard date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 16, 23, 27
– Expiration date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 16, 23, 27
– Inserting firmly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18, 31
– Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
– Storage precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Test strip holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
– Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
– Removing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
– Replacing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
U
Unit of measurement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv, 12,
W
Warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F O O T N O T E S
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2Wickham, NWR et al.: Practical Diabetes, Vol. 3, No. 2 (1986), 100.
3Cohen, FE et al.: Diabetes Care, Vol 9, No. 3 (1986),
4Atkin, SH, et al. Fingerstick glucose determination in shock. Ann of Intern Med.
5Surwit RS, Feinglos MN Diabetes Forecast 1988; April 49-57
6Sacks, DB in “Carbohydrates”, Burtis, CA, Ashwood, ER (ed), Tietz Textbook of Clinical Chemistry. Philadelphia, WB Saunders Company (1994), p. 959
7Sylvain, HF, et al. American Journal of Critical Care. 1995;
8Rushakoff RJ, Lewis SB. Case of Pseudohypoglycemia (letter), Diabetes Care 2001;
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